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Perspective

Dec. 2, 2014

Secret surveillance technology poses privacy concerns

Local police increasingly use high-tech surveillance but without clear policies or public debate about what they're doing, why, and whether there are privacy safeguards in place. By Peter Bibring and Linda Lye


By Peter Bibring and Linda Lye


Over the past year, the public has seen one news story after another reveal the details of previously secret government surveillance. Last year's disclosures that our emails and private communications are being secretly surveilled by the National Security Agency have given way to more revelations of a broad use of surveillance technology by local police and federal agencies for ordinary, domestic law enforcement purposes. Unfor...

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